A. Title/AuthorB. SettingC. CharactersD. Plot SummaryE. ConflictF. ThemesG. BibliographyA. Stormbreaker by Anthony HorowitzB. London and Port Tallon‚ England. Modern TimeC.Alex Rider is the main character of the novel. He is a 14 year old boy who lives with his uncle Ian because his parents were killed. His life is transformed as his dead uncle ’s true identity is revealed and he is blackmailed into joining MI6 as a spy. He discovers the secret behind the Stormbreaker computers and in the end‚ Alex
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12 Angry Men The plot of 12 Angry Men revolves around the murder trail of a Latino boy who is accused of killing his father. The conviction of the boy would mean a death sentence and the destiny of the boy’s life is in the hands of twelve male jurors of ranging personalities. The case seems open and shut with a murder weapon and several witnesses to place the boy at the scene of the crime. For eleven of the jurors the decision is apparent that the boy is guilty but for one juror‚ Mr. Davis (Henry
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separation from the Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox to finally a protestant growth of a new branch. In the beginning‚ Christianity was created from Jesus wanting to revitalize traditions. Saint Paul’s conversion on missionary journeys proved how individuals helped Christianity on a united front and on the New Testament‚ Saint Paul wrote‚ “You are all one in Christ Jesus.” Paul’s actions helped a collective group of individuals come together for a good beginning tradition. The actions of Saint
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Literary Theme in “A Worn Path” Patricia M. Winbush ENG 125 Karen McFarland March 11‚ 2012 In “A Worn Path”‚ the theme though out the story is about a strong undying love an old woman has for her grandchild. According to Clugston 2010‚ the theme in a story is associated with an idea that lies behind the story. Every story narrows a broad underlying idea‚ shapes it in a unique way‚ and makes the underlying idea concrete. That ’s how theme is created. In other words‚ the theme in a story
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of Liberia and Ghana. This was the first Achebe novel I had read since his classic Things Fall Apart. At first‚ I thought that Anthills suffered in comparison with that masterpiece‚ arguably the best known and most influential African novel. After finishing the book‚ though‚ I realized that Achebe had very deftly returned to and updated the themes raised in that book. His protagonists are Ikem‚ a courageous and opinionated newspaper editor; Chris‚ his friend and predecessor as editor‚ now the somewhat-reluctant
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Discuss how royal/colonial relations deteriorated between 1763 and 1776. How did British policy toward the colonies change after the French and Indian War? List at least three specific examples and discuss their causes and consequences Over the period of time between 1763 and 1776‚ relations between the American colonists and British Parliament began to deteriorate. After the conclusion of the French and Indian war‚ British Parliament was faced with a major debt crisis. In order to recover the
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In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the main theme of the novel that is mentioned throughout the story is if someone should ever be willing to change who they are for someone else and to what extent they will go to in order to impress another person. This theme is continuously shown throughout the novel by Gatsby’s endless love for Daisy. Gatsby was always very poor when he was younger but wanted to be rich only to impress Daisy. His whole life since he met her he was trying to be someone
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Outsiders Written by S. E. Hinton there is a constant war between the Greasers and the Socs. Two rival gangs constantly fighting because one group‚ the Socs are wealthy and the other group‚ the Greasers are poor. In the story the outsiders the characters Ponyboy‚ Johnny‚ Darry‚ Dally‚ Two-bit and Sodapop are all a part of the greasers. In the story all the characters change some way or another. This is how Darry changed as the story progressed. In the beginning of the story darry is constantly undermining
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during the 1930s. If someone were not to fit into those categories‚ he or she is considered inferior to society. They would be taunted or simply ignored. In Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men‚ the theme of discrimination is best represented by the characters of Lennie‚ Crooks‚ and Curley’s wife. The characters having their own reason of being out casted. If one were to have a physical or mental disability during the 1930s‚ society shuns them. Often they are not treated with the proper respect a
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ranch just as George and Lennie‚ the main characters in Of Mice and Men‚ were doing. Steinbeck explores the prominent theme of dreaming through different characters in the novella. George and Lennie both share a dream of having a little farm of their own and living off the ’fatta the lan’. For George‚ the dream future is probably more of a fantasy to make life bearable than a real plan. However‚ for Lennie this dream is very realistic and knows the story off by heart. It is their method of escaping
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